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| Name | Location | Notes | Image | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guru Nanak Gurdwara | Bradford | [1] | ||
| Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara | Bradford | [2] | ||
| Gurdwara Singh Sabha | Bradford | [3] | ||
| Ramgarhia Gurdwara | Bradford | [4] | ||
| Gurdwara Amrit Parchar Dharmik Diwan | Bradford | [5] | ||
| The Sikh Temple | Leeds | [6] | ||
| Ramgarhia Board Gurdwara Leeds | Leeds | [7] | ||
| Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha | Leeds | [8] | ||
| Sri Guru Nanak Sikh Temple | Leeds | [9] | ||
| Gurdwara Guru Kalgidhar Sahib | Leeds | [10] | ||
| Guru Nanak Gurdwara | Huddersfield | [11] | ||
| Guru Tegh Bahadur Gurdwara | Huddersfield | [12] | ||
| Gurdwara Singh Sabha | Huddersfield | [13] |
| Name | Location | Notes | Image | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Gurdwara | Sheffield | [14] | ||
| Guru Kalgidhar Gurdwara | Doncaster | [15] | ||
| Gurudwara Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji | Doncaster | [16] |
| Name | Location | Notes | Image | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guru Nanak Gurdwara | Luton | [17] | ||
| Guru Nanak Gurdwara | Bedford | [18] |
| Name | Location | Notes | Image | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara | Reading |
| Name | Location | Notes | Image | Ref |
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| Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara | Gravesend | [19] | ||
| Guru Ravidass Gurdwara | Gravesend |
| Name | Location | Notes | Image | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shri Guru Nanak Prakash Singh Sabha | Bristol | [20] | ||
| Gurudwara Khalsa Drbar | Southampton | [21] |
| Name | Location | Notes | Image | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Gurdwara (Khalsa Jatha) London | Central London |  | ||
| Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha | Havelock Road, Southall |  | ||
| Gurdwara Sahib Woolwich | Woolwich |
| Name | Location | Notes | Image | Ref |
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| Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha | Birmingham |  | ||
| Gurudwara Guru Nanak Prakash | Birmingham | [23] | ||
| Shri Guru Ravidass Temple | Foleshill, Coventry |  | ||
| Guru Nanak Gurdwara | Rugby, Warwickshire |  | ||
| Gurdwara Nanaksar | Smethwick | Old Methodist Church |  | [24] |
| Gurdwara Sahib Leamington and Warwick | Warwick | Third largest in UK |  |
A gurdwara or gurudwara is a place of assembly and worship for Sikhs but its normal meaning is place of guru or "Home of guru". Sikhs also refer to gurdwaras as Gurdwara Sahib. People from all faiths and religions are welcomed in gurdwaras. Each gurdwara has a Darbar Sahib where the Guru Granth Sahib is placed on a takht in a prominent central position. Any congregant may recite, sing, and explain the verses from the Guru Granth Sahib, in the presence of the rest of the congregation.
The following outline is provides an overview of Sikhism, or Sikhi.
Sukhmani Sahib, known under the title of Gauri Sukhmani in the scripture, is usually translated to mean Prayer of Peace is a set of 192 padas present in the holy Guru Granth Sahib, the main scripture and living Guru of Sikhism from Ang 262 to Ang 296. This Gurbani text was written by the 5th Guru, Guru Arjan (1563–1606) at Amritsar in around 1602. Guru Arjan first recited the bani at Gurdwara Barth Sahib in the Gurdaspur district of Punjab, India.
Vaisakhi, also pronounced Baisakhi marks the first day of the month of Vaisakh and is traditionally celebrated annually on 13 April and sometimes 14 April. It is seen as a spring harvest celebration primarily in Punjab and Northern India. Further, other Indian cultures and diaspora celebrate this festival too. Whilst it is culturally significant as a festival of harvest, in many parts of India, Vaisakhi is also the date for the Indian Solar New Year.
Guru Nanak Gurpurab, also known as Guru Nanak Prakash Utsav, celebrates the birth of the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak. One of the most celebrated and important Sikh gurus and the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak is highly revered by the Sikh community. This is one of the most sacred festivals in Sikhism, or Sikhi. The festivities in the Sikh religion revolve around the anniversaries of the 10 Sikh Gurus. These Gurus were responsible for shaping the beliefs of the Sikhs. Their birthdays, known as Gurpurab, are occasions for celebration and prayer among the Sikhs.
A Granthi is a person, female or male, of the Sikh religion who is a ceremonial reader of the Guru Granth Sahib, which is the holy book in Sikhism, often read to worshipers at Sikh temples called a Gurdwara.
Nanakpanthi, also known as Nanakshahi, is a Sikh sect which follows Guru Nanak (1469-1539), the founder of Sikhism.
The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) is organization in India responsible for the management of Gurdwaras, Sikh places of worship in Delhi. It also manages various educational institutions, hospitals, old age homes, libraries and other charitable institutions in Delhi. It is headquartered in Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib, near Parliament House. Currently, the president of DSGMC is Harmeet Singh Kalka.
German Sikhs are a growing religious minority in Germany. The majority of German Sikhs have their roots from the Punjab, India with the remaining coming from the Afghan Sikh community or through conversion. The number of Sikhs is estimated to be between 25,000. Germany had the fifth highest Sikh population in Europe after United Kingdom (524,000), Italy (220,000), Portugal (35,000) and Spain (26,000).
Sikhs are a religious minority in the Netherlands. They number around 15,000 and most of them live in or around Amsterdam. There are nine gurudwaras in the Netherlands.
A dharamshala, also written as dharmashala, is a public resthouse or shelter in the Indian subcontinent. It also refers to Sikh places of worship before the introduction of Gurdwaras. Just as sarai are for travellers and caravans, dharamshalas are built for religious travellers at pilgrimage sites. In Nepal there are dharamshalas especially built for pilgrims as well as dharamshalas for locals.
English Sikhs number over 520,000 people and account for 0.92% of England's population in 2021, forming the country's fourth-largest religious group. In 2006 there were 352 gurdwaras in England. The largest Sikh populations in the U.K. are in the West Midlands and Greater London.
Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, also called Kartarpur Sahib, is a gurdwara in Kartarpur, located in Shakargarh, Narowal District, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is built on the historic site where the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak, settled and assembled the Sikh community after his missionary travels and lived for 18 years until his death in 1539. It is one of the holiest sites in Sikhism, alongside the Golden Temple in Amritsar and Gurdwara Janam Asthan in Nankana Sahib.
Gurū Nānak, also known as Bābā Nānak, was the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. His birth is celebrated as Guru Nanak Gurpurab on Katak Pooranmashi, i.e. October–November.
Hazur Sahib, also known as Takht Sachkhand Sri Hazur Abchalnagar Sahib, is one of the five takhts in Sikhism. The gurdwara was built between 1832 and 1837 by Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780–1839). It is located on the banks of the Godavari River at the city of Nanded in the state of Maharashtra, India.
A takht, or taḵẖat, literally means a throne or seat of authority and is a spiritual and temporal centre of Sikhism. There are five takhts, which are five gurudwaras that have a very special significance for the Sikh community. Three are located in Punjab whilst the remaining two are located outside of it.
Guru Nanak Jhira Sahib is a Sikh historical shrine situated in Bidar, Karnataka. Gurdwara Nanak Jhira Sahib was built in 1948 and is dedicated to the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak. Bidar has a very long association with Sikhism as this is the home town of Bhai Sahib Singh, one of the Panj Pyare, who offered to sacrifice their heads and were later baptised as the first members of the Khalsa.
Sikhism in Bangladesh has an extensive heritage and history, although Sikhs had always been a minority community in Bengal. Their founder, Guru Nanak visited a number of places in Bengal in the early sixteenth century where he introduced Sikhism to locals and founded numerous establishments. In its early history, the Sikh gurus despatched their followers to propagate Sikh teachings in Bengal and issued hukamnamas to that region. Guru Tegh Bahadur lived in Bengal for two years, and his successor Guru Gobind Singh also visited the region. Sikhism in Bengal continued to exist during the colonial period as Sikhs found employment in the region, but it declined after the partition in 1947. Among the eighteen historical gurdwaras in Bangladesh, only five are extant. The Gurdwara Nanak Shahi of Dhaka is the principal and largest gurdwara in the country. The Sikh population in the country almost entirely consists of businessmen and government officials from the neighbouring Republic of India.
The Guru Nanak Darbar is a Sikh gurdwara at Jebel Ali Village in Dubai, founded in 2012 to serve over 50,000 Sikh residents in the emirate. The community-run gurdwara is the first official Sikh gurudwara in the GCC region and the Middle East, and it was established by Surender Singh Kandhari, a resident of Dubai since 1976.